Serial CT in fibrosing alveolitis: prognostic significance of the initial pattern.

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Abstract
In patients with fibrosing alveolitis, a reticular pattern on CT scans of the lungs correlates with histologic findings of fibrosis, whereas a ground-glass pattern has been reported to correlate with reversible inflammatory disease. The majority of patients with fibrosing alveolitis have a ground-glass component visible on CT scans, but response to therapy is infrequent. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of the relative extents of ground-glass and reticular patterns by analyzing serial changes in these CT appearances.

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